Ralph Peters: 12 Myths of 21st Century War

Myth No. 1: War doesn’t change anything.Myth No. 2: Victory is impossible today.Myth No. 3: Insurgencies can never be defeated.Myth No. 4: There’s no military solution; only negotiations can solve our problems.Myth No. 5: When we fight back, we only provoke our enemies.Myth No. 6: Killing terrorists only turns them into martyrs.Myth No. 7: If we fight as fiercely as our enemies, we’re no better than them.Myth No. 8: The United States is more hated today than ever before.Myth No. 9: Our invasion of Iraq created our terrorist problems.Myth No. 10: If we just leave, the Iraqis will patch up their differences on their own.Myth No. 11: It’s all Israel’s fault. Or the popular Washington corollary: “The Saudis are our friends.”Myth No. 12: The Middle East’s problems are all America’s fault.

I wouldn’t call these myths since they don’t serve as the foundation of any meaningful belief system, but rather cliched anti-war slogans from the fevered brains of International ANSWER and Code Pink.